GO THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 



who goes for the sake of the hounds. Both may go 

 equally well over a country, in a run ; but the advantage 

 which the sportsman has, is this, that he will very 

 frequently be well amused with what has been, to him, 

 a day's sport, and return well satisfied with having 

 ' g one hunting," when the other will say that there has 

 been nothing to go for. 



Al], however, who pretend to hunt in any way, are 

 desirous of being well mounted, at least in their own 

 estimation. The acquisition of a stud of good hunters 

 is a matter of the highest importance ; and one, not of the 

 easiest attainment. A good hunter is always to be had 

 for money, and it is easier to get a stable full of hunters 

 than two or three really good hacks ; but a horse which 

 is well able to carry more than twelve stone across a 

 country will always command a price, rendering it diffi- 

 cult for any, but those happily gifted with an abundance 

 of that which will procure anything and everything,* 

 to mount themselves to their satisfaction. A light 

 weight, that is, a man riding from ten to twelve stone, 

 may, with judgment, aided by luck, buy a horse for from 

 fifty to a hundred guineas, which may prove first rate ; 

 but horses equal to higher weight, and possessing any 

 knowledge of their business, are not to be had under 

 three figures. 



A difference of opinion still exists, as to the degree 

 of breeding requisite for a hunter ; some still holding to 

 a well-bred, say three-parts blood, in preference to 



* Xpvaog uvoiyii Tvavra, 



